October 17-24

 

Preschool pictures from Staheli Farms - so cute!!

 

Griffin

Oliver

 

 Lincoln and I went for a run... ish. 

 

Charity fits perfectly in the curve of this chair back. 

 

GWA 2nd graders went on a field trip to Little Valley Park to do their annual "Greek Olympics". I got to tag along, which Lincoln said he was a bit embarrassed about... but by the end he had a good time. 

 

I was in charge of the discus throw. (Using frisbees) There was also chariot races (wagons), javelin throw (pool noodles), marathon, relay races, hot chocolate station, wrestling (twisting up/Twister), and a few more. It looked really fun. :-)

 

We went out for milkshakes afterwards. 

 

Errands at the mall...

 

 

Trains at Barnes & Noble

October 13-16

A couple travel-ish plans that failed had me searching for something else to do over Fall Break. So I contacted my brother and his wife in LA and they said it was okay to come (even though it was super last minute)! They are awesome, right?!!

Jesse couldn't get work off and was also experiencing bad headaches... so he didn't join us. 

 

 

Jackie took us to the park the morning after we arrived. Her kids were still in school, but I wasn't up for anything crazy after that Insanity workout...!

 

The kids played A LOT of connect 4!

 

And a little of Mario..

 

 

And some "Just Dance"...

Charity stills talks of 'Ronica. They became good buddies. 

 

 Oops! We forgot sunscreen! Stop at Target. 

 

Zuma Beach!

 

 

 

Jeff brought back some Dead Sea clay treatment. That was interesting!

 

 

Violet and Parker (both 5 and in Kindergarten) latched onto each other and played really well together. This moment was Parker's favorite of our trip- throwing sand with Violet. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kids got a kick out of feeding the birds Cheetos right out of their hands. 

 

All 5 fell asleep on the way back... Lincoln awoke just before the picture. 

 

Jeff treated us all to Frostys after dinner. 

 

Movie night!

We had a wonderful time! It was even semi-relaxing even though Jesse wasn't there to help. We all missed him... particularly on the drive home when I lost it because I couldn't find a Taco Bell (or anything except a burger!). Hopefully the kids forget that part of our trip...

Thank you, Jeff and Jackie!!!!!!!!

October 8

 

GWA Fall Carnival was... a bit disappointing. The highlight was the excavator for sure! Here is Parker taking his turn. 

 

Lincoln took this job very seriously. 

 

Concentrating...

 

A couple bounce houses and a few carnival games with candy treats were perfect for the younger three. Griffin held up the line..!

 

The big slide (Oliver in red and Griffin in green)

 

Lincoln

 

Parker

Wristbands for $10 a piece... I guess I expected a bit more. Our kids were done after an hour. If I could drop them off... then it would have been worth it. 

Oct 1-7

 

Lola turned 6! Griffin didn't come in until he heard the singing... and he came running! Not sure if he knew what the singing meant, or if he was just drawn to the music. This picture catches everyone's personality so well!

 

Sunday afternoon session of General Conference (October 2). Since having 2+ kids I think this year I was able to listen better than most... but still tons fell through the cracks. 

 

Oliver and Griffin both begged to peel the eggs! Too bad I didn't think of asking them before I had only 2-3 left...

 

These 2 crack me up. Oliver had wrestled Griffin to the ground to then start kissing him!

 

When I tried to get a closeup... gross!

Finally replaced our broken bike pump. Man, these 3 are getting so heavy to pull. That's about 100 pounds of baby in there! I need to get Griffin and Oliver riding their own bikes so I only have to pull Charity!

 

Poor Charity... almost every Friday she starts her nap in the van. 

 

Buy-one-get-one-free at Menchie's! For the 6 of us it was still $9! I could get a carton of ice cream with a package of sprinkles and gummy bears for that much! I did love their pineapple sorbet though...

 

Free balloons for everyone, too!